Part III Reading Comprehension

Section A

26. [I] normal

27. [E] definitely

28. [D] considerable

29. [J] possibly

30. [B] argued

31. [K] proposition

32. [N] tend

33. [C] avoid

34. [F] extreme

35. [G] inaction

解析：第26題可能會在[I] normal和[F] extreme之間猶豫，但根據(jù)第一段最后一句”… unable or unprepared to endure the long haul.” 可以看出投資領(lǐng)域本就是有漲有落的拉鋸戰(zhàn)，是再正常不過的行為，沒有體現(xiàn)出extreme即劇烈的含義，考試時容易主觀代入。

34題根據(jù)前面的go to the other可以判斷后面要選一個名詞，而extreme也可以作名詞；再根據(jù)前文的一種模式是”put their head in the sand 避而不談”, 后面走向了另一種極端模式就是micro-analyze everything, 錙銖必較過度分析，也可以得出extreme這個答案。

35題的答案，詞匯不太常見，根據(jù)詞性判斷此處要填一個名詞，后面寫到“whatever decision they make will be the wrong one.” 不管做什么決定最終都沒有實(shí)際結(jié)果，就是一種無所為的狀態(tài)，排除其他名詞可以得出inaction.

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Section B

36. [H] Another playtime thief: the growing proportion of kids’ time spent in front of screens and digital devices.

37. [E] The focus on academic “skills and drills” has cut deeply into recess and other time for free play.

38. [] 缺失原文和選項(xiàng)

39. [G] a consortium of educators, health professionals and child advocates called the loss of play in early childhood “a tragedy, both for the children themselves and for our nation and world.”

40. [D] When parents engage in play with their children, it deepens relationships and builds a bulwark against the toxic effects of all kinds of stress.

41. [I] And kids really learn better when they’re actively engaged and have to really discover things.

42. [C] letting them simply play — or better yet, playing with them — could seem like a step backward.

43. [K] Yogman also worries about the pressures that squeeze playtime for more affluent kids.

44. [F] By 2009, a study of Los Angeles kindergarten classrooms found that 5-year-olds were so burdened with academic requirements that they were down to an average of just 19 minutes per day of “choice time,” when they were permitted to play freely with blocks, toys or other children.

45. [B] This may seem old-fashioned，but there are skills to be leaned when kids aren’t told what to do.

解析：

36題的選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)了steals away, 可以根據(jù)H段的首句playtime thief以及digital devices定位得出。

39題干中剝奪小孩的玩耍時間will do harm to not only…與G段中一些專家們認(rèn)為玩耍時間的缺失是一種tragedy悲劇，both for children themselves and for our nation and world. 正好吻合，做一個同義替換，把country換成了nation.

40題干中說from being harmed by stress與D段中builds a bulwark against the toxic effects of all kinds of stress匹配，bulwark即便不認(rèn)識，可以通過against判斷要反對的是不好的事物，toxic effects就是不好消極的結(jié)果和影響。

41題干中的關(guān)鍵詞active discovery，主動探索能力會因?yàn)檫^度使用電子設(shè)備而被抑制和減損，對應(yīng)I段讓家長們讓孩子們玩手機(jī)固然一勞永逸，但是有代價的，kids really learn better when…，玩耍的時間才能讓孩子們更主動積極地去思考和探索。

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Section C

Passage One

46. [D] Attempting to meet society’s expectation of appearance.

47. [B] They have to do with people’s body weight and shape.

48. [C] It did not work out as well as was expected.

49. [B] Adjusting the physical composition of their products.

50. [A] A Banning discrimination on the basis of employee' body image.

解析：

46題A選項(xiàng)跟第一段中的美國人想要change their weight的信息混淆了，張冠李戴；要忠實(shí)于原文；C項(xiàng)偷換概念了；B中提到的life style在文中也并未提及。

47題的C選項(xiàng)夸大了程度副詞，文中是a less noticeable one而不是a much less one. A和D均為無中生有。

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Passage Two

51. [D] The concept of work-life balance contributes little to a fulfilling life.

52. [A] It impacts how we think and behave.

53. [C] We do meaningful work that contributes to society.

54. [C] it is dynamic.

55. [D] Strive for a more fulfilling life.

解析：

51題的A和C選項(xiàng)過于絕對，B并不是The work-life balance is dead觀點(diǎn)的論據(jù)。

54題對應(yīng)第三段最后一句中的variations, evolving and changing判斷出作者認(rèn)為人生就是充滿變數(shù)和多樣性的。A和D選項(xiàng)比較容易排除，但是B選項(xiàng)在文中多次出現(xiàn)容易混淆視聽，比如第二段最后一句，But when you think of work as part of a full life and a complete experience中出現(xiàn)的full life會有誤導(dǎo)性，但此處還是在講work作為人生的一個部分，和作者對于人生的觀點(diǎn)無關(guān)。